Saturday, January 30, 2016

Matchbox: Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA

Another great casting from Matchbox, the Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA.  

This is one of the cars that I have collected based on its appearance and not because its an Alfa or a Giulia or for some special value. The moment I saw one in a toystore several years ago, I instantly fell in love in this model. It's small, it's cute! It makes you think  what is it like to drive one for real.  My 1st Giulia was a white regular version and then the latest is the red version from Superfast. 

L-R: red version from Superfast and 2007

L-R: white version from (forgot the year). The first two cars have different license plate on the rear  The one at front is from Matchbox Best of International with clear windows and clover logo on the side.

from Superfast (red) and Best of International (white)

Only recently I heard about this car's fate with Matchbox thru a fellow collector and an article/videoblog from http://lamleydlm.blogspot.com/2015/12/it-is-so-nice-to-have-alfa-romeo-back.html explaining why if you haven't heard of that yet. It's an interesting story. 
So that's it. Thanks for looking.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Matchbox: Dodge A100 Pickup

One of the many castings that I like from Matchbox, the Dodge A100 pickup.
If you're like me who plays or photographs his diecast every so often, you'll love this model. It goes along well with other cars when you play them side-by-side, making it also a perfect 1:64 diorama piece. Despite the car lacking headlight and tail light treatment as we normally see on other MBX models, it is still an awesome casting overall.





So there, I hope we get to see more of these in Matchbox's future lineup.
Thanks for looking.